11. After Britain abolished the slave trade, colonial powers replaced it with the “coolie” system, shipping more than 2 million Chinese and Indian workers to plantations worldwide under conditions abolitionists called “a new system of slavery.” After Britain abolished the Atlantic slave trade in 1807 and slavery itself in 1833, plantation owners across the colonial … Read more
Arsenal beat Everton 2-0 in a nervy match in the Premier League as they continue their pursuit of the title. Listen to this article | 2 mins info Published On 14 Mar 202614 Mar 2026 Click here to share on social media share2 Share plus2googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Max Dowman, a 16-year-old Arsenal winger, became the … Read more
Marc Lamont Hill speaks with Omer Bartov about how Israel’s war in Gaza became genocide. The United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry recently declared that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza in a new report. With more than 60,000 Palestinians killed, calls for accountability and an end to the assault are mounting. But how … Read more
Record temperatures come amid scientists’ warnings that climate change is causing more frequent extreme weather events. Published On 1 Sep 20251 Sep 2025 Japan and South Korea have sweated through their hottest summers since records began. Japan’s average temperature this summer was 2.36 degrees Celsius (4.24 degrees Fahrenheit) above the 30-year average from 1991 to … Read more
Erdoğan hails new page in Turkey’s history as Kurdish fighters lay down arms Financial Times Kurdish PKK Fighters Burn Weapons in Step Toward Peace With Turkey The New York Times Turkish president hails the start of disarmament by militant Kurdish separatists AP News PKK disarmament opens new page for Turkey, Erdogan says Reuters After decades of insurgency against Turkey, … Read more
For more than three decades, a familiar refrain has echoed from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: Iran is on the verge of developing nuclear weapons. Since 1992, when Netanyahu addressed Israel’s Knesset as an MP, he has consistently claimed that Tehran is only years away from acquiring a nuclear bomb. “Within three to five years, … Read more
Every fall, when farmers across the rolling, red dirt hills of Idlib Province in northern Syria harvest their olive crops, they routinely find at least one representative of the local tax authority stationed at any oil press. The tax collector takes at least 5 percent of the oil, and farmers grouse that there are no … Read more
Australian Federal Police say the 2.3-tonne seizure has a street value of $494m. Australian police have arrested 13 people in what authorities described as the largest-ever cocaine bust in the country’s history. The Australian Federal Police (AFP) said on Monday that they had charged 11 men and two juveniles after tracking a fishing boat that … Read more
A pioneering duo of astronauts has made history by becoming the first private civilians to perform a spacewalk, hailed by NASA as “a giant leap forward” for the commercial space industry. The SpaceX Polaris Dawn mission, led by fintech billionaire Jared Isaacman, launched early Tuesday from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, journeying deeper into … Read more
A historical and personal tour of Bo-Kaap in South Africa, where descendants of slaves became a diverse community. On the outskirts of Cape Town’s city centre in South Africa is a place with a special history – Bo-Kaap. And Daiyaane Pietersen, heritage researcher and tour guide, wants to find out more about his ancestry in … Read more